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Revelation 19:12
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His eyes were like a fiery flame, and many crowns were on his head. He had a name written that no one knows except himself.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crownes, and hee had a name written, that no man knew but he himselfe.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many crowns; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.
His eyes are like burning fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him, which no one but himself knows.
His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself.
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.
He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
He had eyes like flames of fire, and he was wearing a lot of crowns. His name was written on him, but he was the only one who knew what the name meant.
His eyes were like a fiery flame, and on his head were many royal crowns. And he had a name written which no one knew but himself.
And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head many diadems, having a name written which no one knows but himself;
And his eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crownes: and he had a name written, that no man knewe but himselfe.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had names written, and one of the names written, no man knew but he himself.
His eyes were like a flame of fire, and he wore many crowns on his head. He had a name written on him, but no one except himself knows what it is.
Now his eyes were a flame of fire, and on his head were many royal headbands having a name written that no one except he himself knows.
And His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head many diadems, having a name that had been written, which no one knows except Himself;
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many royal crowns; and He has a name inscribed [on Him] which no one knows or understands except Himself.
And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself.
And his eyes are a flame of fire, and crowns are on his head; and he has a name in writing, of which no man has knowledge but himself.
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.
His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many royal crowns. He has a name written on him that nobody knows except himself.Revelation 1:14; 2:16-18; 6:2;">[xr]
But his eyes were as the flame of fire, and upon his head were many diadems, having names written; and the name which was written of him no man knoweth but himself.
His eyes [fn] like a flame of fire, and on his head [fn] many diadems; and he had names inscribed; and the name which was written on him, no one knew, except himself.
His eyes were as a flambe of fire, and on his head were many crownes, and he had a name written, that no man knewe but he hym selfe.
And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems; and he hath a name written, which no one knoweth but he himself.
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.
His eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems, and he hath a name written, which none knoweth but himself.
His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many kingly crowns; and He has a name written upon Him which no one but He Himself knows.
And `the iyen of hym weren as flawme of fier, and in his heed many diademys; and he hadde a name writun, which no man knew, but he.
And his eyes [are] as a flame of fire, and on his head [are] many diadems; and he has a name written which no one knows but he himself.
His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
His eyes are like a fiery flame and there are many diadem crowns on his head. He has a name written that no one knows except himself.
His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had [fn] a name written that no one knew except Himself.
His eyes were like flames of fire, and on his head were many crowns. A name was written on him that no one understood except himself.
His eyes are a flame of fire. He has many crowns on His head. His name is written on Him but He is the only One Who knows what it says.
His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed that no one knows but himself.
and, his eyes, are a flame of fire, and, upon his head, are many diadems, having, a name, written, which, no one, knoweth, but himself,
And his eyes were as a flame of fire: and on his head were many diadems. And he had a name written, which no man knoweth but himself.
His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name inscribed which no one knows but himself.
His eyes were as a flame of fyre: and on his heed were many crounes: and he had a name written yt noman knewe but him sylfe.
and his eyes [are] as a flame of fire, and upon his head [are] many diadems -- having a name written that no one hath known, except himself,
His eyes were as a flame of fyre, and on his heade were many crounes: & he had a name wrytten, that noman knewe but him selfe.
his eyes were as a flame of fire, on his head were many crowns: and a name inscrib'd which no one comprehended, but himself:
His eyes were like fire and he wore many crowns. His name was written on himself, but only he knows what it means.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
eyes: Revelation 1:14, Revelation 2:18
on his: Revelation 6:2, Revelation 12:3, Revelation 13:1, Psalms 8:5, Song of Solomon 3:11, Isaiah 62:3, Zechariah 9:16, Matthew 21:5, Matthew 28:18, Hebrews 2:9
a name: Revelation 19:16, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 3:12, Genesis 32:29, Exodus 23:21, Judges 13:18, Isaiah 9:6, Matthew 11:27, Luke 10:22
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:12 - put the crown 2 Chronicles 23:11 - put upon Psalms 21:3 - settest Daniel 10:6 - his face Zechariah 6:11 - make Matthew 17:2 - his face Ephesians 1:21 - every Revelation 14:14 - a golden
Cross-References
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are a good man, even among the evil people of this time. So gather your family, and all of you go into the boat.
So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, the men who had married his other daughters. He said, "Hurry and leave this city! The Lord will soon destroy it!" But they thought he was joking.
So after the two men brought Lot and his family out of the city, one of the men said, "Now run to save your life! Don't look back at the city, and don't stop anywhere in the valley. Run until you are in the mountains. If you stop, you will be destroyed with the city!"
But run there quickly. I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town." (That town is named Zoar, because it is a small town.)
Lot was entering the town as the sun came up,
Moses warned the people, "Move away from the tents of these evil men. Don't touch anything that belongs to them! If you do, you will be destroyed because of their sins."
I will give them the desire to be one, united people. They will have one goal—to worship me all their lives. They and their children will want to do this.
But he saved Lot, a good man who lived there. Lot was greatly troubled by the morally bad lives of those evil people.
So you see that the Lord God knows how to save those who are devoted to him. He will save them when troubles come. And the Lord will hold evil people to punish them on the day of judgment.
Then I heard another voice from heaven say, "Come out of that city, my people, so that you will not share in her sins. Then you will not suffer any of the terrible punishment she will get.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
His eyes were as a flame of fire,.... Which denotes the perspicuity and penetration of them, the omniscience of Christ to look into and discover the secret machinations, schemes, and devices of his enemies against his people, and his exercise of it in favour of them, his eyes, like a flame of fire, running to and fro on their behalf; and also this may signify the fierceness of his anger against the enemies of his people, the eyes of his glory being provoked by their cruelty and wickedness; and likewise the suddenness of their destruction, and the inevitableness of it.
And on his head were many crowns; for he has not only a crown, as the Creator and Governor of the universe, in right of nature, but he has one which his Father has put upon his head, when he set him as King over his holy hill of Zion, Psalms 21:3 and there is another which his mother, the church, crowned him with in the day of his espousals, Song of Solomon 3:11 and besides these, every believer puts a crown on his head, gives him the glory of their salvation, and all of them cast their crowns at his feet: to which may be added, that the crowns of all the kings of the earth are his; they reign by him, and are accountable to him. This part of the description may be expressive of that all power in heaven and earth, given to Christ at his resurrection, and exercised by him ever since; and particularly of the extensiveness of his kingdom at the time this vision refers to, when the kingdoms of this world shall be his, Revelation 11:15 for this vision, and the seventh trumpet, are contemporary; and it may be a symbol of the many victories obtained by him, and of the last and closing one that should now be obtained by him.
And he had a name written that no man knew but he himself; which seems to be his name, the Son of God, as the unknown name of the overcomer, in Revelation 2:17 is a child of God; and the sense is, that his divine nature, in which he is the Son of God, is incomprehensible, and that the begetting or generation of him, as such, is ineffable,
Proverbs 30:4 and that without a divine revelation the name itself could not be known; or it could not be known that God had a Son, and that Christ is he, and bears that name, Matthew 11:27 or else his name Immanuel. The incarnate God may be intended, which is a secret and wonderful name, and contains in it, without controversy, a great mystery, which cannot be comprehended by finite minds; or his name,
פלא, "wonderful, secret", Isaiah 9:6. This name is said to be "written"; that is, in the Scriptures of truth, in which it is revealed that Christ is the Son of God, and Immanuel. In Revelation 19:16 the name of King of kings, c. is said to be written on his vesture, and on his thigh and the Ethiopic version makes this to be written on his crown or diadem, reading the words thus; "and upon his head a crown, and there was written in his diadem a name, and no man knew it, but he himself only"; as the high priest had "holiness to the Lord" written on his mitre. The Syriac version inserts a clause between the two last, "having names written", and then follows, "and a name written", &c. and so the Complutensian edition.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
His eyes were as a flame of fire - See the notes on Revelation 1:14.
And on his head were many crowns - Many diadems, indicative of his universal reign. It is not said how these were worn or arranged on his head - perhaps the various diadems worn by kings were in some way wreathed into one.
And he had a name written - That is, probably on the frontlet of this compound diadem. Compare the notes on Revelation 13:1; Revelation 14:1.
That no man knew but he himself - See the notes on Revelation 2:17. This cannot here mean that no one could read the name, but the idea is, that no one but himself could fully understand its import. It involved a depth of meaning, and a degree of sacredness, and a relation to the Father, which he alone could apprehend in its true import. This is true of the name here designated - “the Word of God” - the “Logos” - Λόγος Logos; and it is true of all the names which he bears. See Matthew 11:27. Compare a quotation from Dr. Buchanan in the Asiatic Researches, vol. 1, vi. p. 264, as quoted by Rosenmuller, Morgenland, in loco.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 19:12. His eyes were as a flame of fire — To denote the piercing and all-penetrating nature of his wisdom.
On his head were many crowns — To denote the multitude of his conquests, and the extent of his dominion.
A name written, that no man knew — This is a reference to what the rabbins call the shem hammephorash, or tetragrammaton, יהוה YHVH; or what we call Jehovah. This name the Jews never attempt to pronounce: when they meet with it in the Bible, they read אדני Adonai for it; but, to a man, they all declare that no man can pronounce it; and that the true pronunciation has been lost, at least since the Babylonish captivity; and that God alone knows its true interpretation and pronunciation. This, therefore, is the name which no man knew but he himself.
